Christine A. Gilsinan

Ms. Gilsinan is a member of Russell, Tompkins and Gilsinan, LLC, Attorneys at Law, in St. Louis (Webster Groves), Missouri, where she concentrates her practice in estate planning (wills, trusts, powers of attorney, beneficiary designations, real estate) and senior issues such as Medicare, Planning for Medicaid, Nursing Home issues, and Long Term Care Issues. In 2004, she received certification as a Certified Elder Law Attorney from the National Elder Law Foundation.

Christine has participated in seminars for other legal professionals through the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the National Business Institute. She has written extensively for the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar (CLE Deskbook Series), the St. Louis Bar Journal and Missouri Lawyers Weekly.

Ms. Gilsinan graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1975 and is a member of the Order of St. Ives and the American, Colorado, Missouri and St. Louis Bar Associations. She received her B.A. degree, cum laude, in Sociology from Loyola University in 1969.

Bar Memberships

• Missouri Bar
• Colorado Bar
• Federal U.S. District Court (Eastern District of Missouri)
• Federal U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States Supreme Court

Education

• University of Denver, J.D., 1975 (Order of St. Ives Legal Honorary Society)
• Loyola University, Chicago, B.A., 1969 (cum laude)

Committees, Associations and Memberships:

• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
• Missouri Chapter, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• Missouri Bar Elder Law Committee
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Elder Law Committee.
• American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
• Advisor, TIAA-CREF

Legal Education Programs and Presentations:

In addition to speaking at seminars for the general public, Christine A. Gilsinan has been active in presentations for other legal professionals:

• Elder Law for the General Practitioner, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (June 30, 2003)
• Annual Lecturer, St. Louis University School of Law Estates Class: "Issues in a Current Trusts and Estates Practice
• "Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference: Paralegals and Law Firms. Missouri Bar (June 5, 2000)
• Keynote Address, St. Louis Legal Assistants' Day, Adams Mark Hotel (May 10, 2000)
• Motion Practice in Appellate Courts, Missouri Appellate Practice Seminar (Missouri Bar, March 17, 2000)
• How to Practice Law Professionally and Ethically, St. Louis University School of Law (February 18, 2000)